Author Archives: Shanon Sinn

About Shanon Sinn

The Spirit of Vancouver Island. Nature Beings, Shapeshifters, Ghosts & Ancestor Spirits. The Earth is Sacred.

Ghosts of Mount Tzouhalem and Stone Butter Church

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Shanon Sinn

On July 21st, I was in the Cowichan Valley for the filming of Harold Joe’s new documentary, Tzouhalem. Produced by Les Bland Productions and by Harold himself, the film will attempt to unpack the oral stories and urban legends surrounding … Continue reading →

Posted in First Nations, Ghosts, Vancouver Island, Voices & Visionaries, Xtra: News and Reviews | Tagged appropriation, Chief Tzouhalem, Comiaken Hill, Cowichan, Cowichan River, Cowichan Valley, Duncan, Elder stories, First Nations, ghost story, Gravedigger, Harold Joe, Haunting of Vancouver Island, Headless Horseman, indigenous, Less Bland Productions, Mount Tzuohalem, Native American, Quamichan, racism in ghost stories, Stone Butter Church, urban legend, vampire, Vancouver Island | 6 Comments

Vancouver Island Booksellers Operating During the Covid-19 Outbreak

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Shanon Sinn

The following Vancouver Island bookstores are selling books online or by phone (free local delivery for some) while Covid-19 social restrictive measures are in place: Munro’s Books (Victoria) Bolen Books (Victoria) Russell Books (Victoria) Ivy’s Bookshop (Victoria) – now open … Continue reading →

Posted in Vancouver Island, Xtra: News and Reviews | Tagged Bolen Books, book seller, bookstore, Campbell River, Chapters, Coho Books, Coles Driftwood, Coles Tillicum, Coles Westshore, Comox, Courtenay, Duncan, Fireside Books, Indigo, James Bay Coffee and Books, Mermaid Tales Bookshop, Munros Books, Nanaimo, new books, Parksville, Qualicum, Russell Books, Sidney, Strong Nations Books, The Book Nook, Tofino, used books, Vancouver Island, Victoria, Well Read Books, Windowseat Books | 8 Comments

The Best Ghost Stories in Fiction

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Shanon Sinn

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. 1843. Christmas used to be the time of year to tell ghost stories, both in Western cultures and in many other parts of the world during those longest nights of the year. Charles Dickens’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Ghosts, Xtra: News and Reviews | Tagged best ghost stories, Bram Stoker, Charles Dickens, Christmas Carol, Christmas Ghost Stories, Edgar Allan Poe, fiction, ghost stories, H. G. Wells, Heart-Shaped Box, Henry James, Joe Hill, John Connelly, Kelley Armstrong, Kendare Blake, M. R. Carey, M. R. James, Mark Twain, Nathanial Hawthorne, Phantoms, pulp fiction, Robert E. Howard, Robert Wiersema, Seven Crow Stories, Shirley Jackson, Showcase Presents: Ghosts Volume 1, Stephen King, Susan Hill, T. H. White, The Haunting of Hill House, The Shining, The Woman in Black, Turn of the Screw | Leave a comment

Secret Door Podcast: The Haunting of Vancouver Island

Posted on October 19, 2019 by Shanon Sinn

The interview “The Haunting of Vancouver Island with Shanon Sinn” was released by Secret Door Podcast on October 17th. In this episode, I was interviewed by Melissa Martel about The Haunting of Vancouver Island as well as other regional ghost … Continue reading →

Posted in Ghosts, Vancouver Island, Xtra: News and Reviews | Tagged ESP Podcast, interview, John Chadwick, Melissa Martel, Secret Door Podcast, The Haunting of Vancouver Island | Leave a comment

Tofino’s Climate Strike

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Shanon Sinn

I wanted to share a few photos I took today during Tofino’s Climate Strike. For those of you who don’t know, Tofino is located on Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations territory on the west coast of Vancouver Island. It’s where my retro … Continue reading →

Posted in First Nations, Vancouver Island, Xtra: News and Reviews | Tagged Battle in the Woods, Clayoquot, climate change, climate strike, Elder Levi Martin, hishuk'ish tsawalk, Nuu-chah-nulth, Terry Dorward, Tla-o-qui-aht, Tlaoquiaht, Tofino, Trans Mountain Pipeline, youth | 1 Comment

VIU’s Creative Writing Program: A Graduate’s Review

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Shanon Sinn

I enrolled at Vancouver Island University during the summer of 2014. I’d been diagnosed with chemotherapy-caused nerve damage – something I still deal with to this day. I was being medically released from the military and had been offered two … Continue reading →